Take My Album -- Please ! (Varese Vintage) revives the late Henny Youngman (hey, death isn't a career impediment; just ask Elvis or Tupac), not to mention the silliness and artistry of the maligned one-liner. Youngman -- who loved to work, maybe even lived to work until dying...
Unlike most comics, who leave wake-up calls for dinnertime, Paula Poundstone typically rises before the son -- and the daughters, too, for that matter. She needs every precious second to do her "real job -- raising two lively teenage girls (Toshia, 16, and Allie, 13) and an...
Busy everyman comedian Tom Shillue is more than confident in his ability -- he's Overconfident, the apt title of his new CD. So exactly what stokes the jokes in this husband, father, comedian (and admitted dork)? By John Delery It's lunchtime on W. 14th and 9th in New...
Stand-up comedian Jonathan Katz is not a doctor, but he played one on Comedy Central for six seasons. Now the wise and witty Dr. Katz has left his couch long enough to record his debut album. By John Delery For the price of admission and two drinks, audiences at comedy clubs...
Mom, Dad and bad bosses remain in Maria Bamford's crosshairs. But on How to Win!, her new CD, the mild and crazy comedian hunts bigger game, too. Instead of harpooning her victims, though, Bamford, a mannerly Minnesotan, uses biting sarcasm to attack the pomposity, inequity and...
Stand-up comedy legend Steven Wright has been expanding minds with concise quips for nearly three decades. Now with a new Comedy Central special -- his first in 15 years -- the master of the monotone is arming a whole new generation with brilliant one-liners and bizarre...
Coming to a city near you, stand-up comic Joe Rogan headlines the Maxim/Bud Light Real Men of Comedy Tour. But before he hit the road, the former Fear Factor host hit Punchline Magazine... with theories and hard truths. By John Delery Like the inventive but usually defective...
Metal-obsessed comedian Brian Posehn is now married and living in suburb, so is he about to hide his devil horns? By John Delery It's not as if would ever skip a System of a Down concert to attend a zoning board meeting. It's not as if he has completely forsaken head...
“Quirky" doesn't even begin to explain Bamford's approach to stand-up comedy. She's so much more than that. Just ask one of her personalities. By John Delery If Maria Bamford ever needs extra cash fast -- say, to help gas up the Comedians of Comedy tour van --...
